Kremlinologist en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English Kremlin Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English -logist English -ologist English Kremlinologist From Kremlin + -ologist.
Meanings
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A person involved in Kremlinology.
Long analyses of this statement by the regular Kremlinologists conveyed the impression that the tripod..has been transferred to Moscow.
1953, John Wyndham, The Kraken Wakes, page 162:In his La Russe^([sic]) en 1839, a work still quoted by Kremlinologists today, he warned: ‘They wish to rule the world by conquest.’
1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 188:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kremlinologists | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (9)
hu kremlinológus (person involved in Kremlinology) · nb kremlolog (person involved in Kremlinology) · fr kremlinologue (person involved in Kremlinology) · pl kremlinolog (person involved in Kremlinology) · it cremnlinologo (person involved in Kremlinology) · fi kremlologi (person involved in Kremlinology) · pl sowietolog (person involved in Kremlinology) · da kremlolog (person involved in Kremlinology) · nn kremlolog (person involved in Kremlinology)